Hello All!
I am finally fully moving over to my dot com's blog at emilymiethner.com/blog. Please follow me there for continous updates about my experiences with design, events, social media, and marketing. It's been fun! Below are links to all my other online portfolios and sites.
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Monday, June 14, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Internet Week Day 2: The Webutante Ball, Getting Sexy with Techies
As part of Internet Week Gawker.TV hosted The Webutante Ball at Marquee last night, bringing together techie geeks, media whores, and lots of Gawker interns past and present!
I met a lot of really interesting people and had a lot of fun...it was a seriously ballin' party. Glad to know people in this field are fun to party with, because it's definitely where I want to be right now. Small world moment: a guy I did summer drama camp with in Massachusetts in 8th grade was there!
More here!
[Gawker Video]
[The Observer]
[CNET]
I met a lot of really interesting people and had a lot of fun...it was a seriously ballin' party. Glad to know people in this field are fun to party with, because it's definitely where I want to be right now. Small world moment: a guy I did summer drama camp with in Massachusetts in 8th grade was there!
More here!
[Gawker Video]
[The Observer]
[CNET]
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Internet Week Day 1! Network Network Network
Yesterday was the start of Internet Week, a 7 day celebration of all things web-related. I had the pleasure of checking it out with the lovely Reb Carlson.
I had my portfolio reviewed by an Aquent rep, who gave me great feedback. One of her suggestions was to list the companies on my resume before my job title, since I have a lot of impressive names.
We also talked with the creators of the Eye Writer and the Not Impossible Foundation. Reb and I are going to take promoteYOU to the next level and offered to do free work for them, which they said they would gladly accept and desperately need.
Then we ran into Gawker intern alumni I had met at NY Media Bowling, Jon and Vanessa. We decided to go to a City Wide event at a wine bar where we got free Paninis...shwing! We also met up with another Hofstra Grad, Jess.
Lastly we headed off to the Knitting Factory (where I used to intern!) for an event sponsored by the AV Club/The Onion. I met some more great people, a singer in a 70's-esque alternative rock band, a graphic designer who was super interesting and reminded me of Uma Thurman from Pulp Fiction, and a guy who actually also works at Gawker doing sales for Fleshbot.
Below is all the swag and the many business cards I gathered. Definitely a successful day, and tonight, the Webutante Ball!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Best New York City Internship. Ever!
Wednesday I worked my last Time Out New York event as the Marketing and Events intern at the Summer Singles Party. My internship is officially over. It was very bitter sweet. Looking back at this past entry entitled "The Perfect Internship," I was totally right.Let me preface by saying that I've had numerous internships in companies big and small, in a variety of industries, and I've enjoyed them all. So I am confident that my internship at Time Out New York Magazine was the best new york city internship I could have gotten for my last semester as a college student. At TONY I was able to explore my new interest in events and marketing as well as hone my design skills.
The best part of the internship? My co-workers. I had the pleasure of working on a variety of projects with everyone in the marketing department. They trusted me with important tasks and I really appreciated that. They helped me with everything from creating a portfolio to job applications, and even got me another internship.
The other reason why Time Out was perfect for me? I love the company. They cover everything. Art, music, fashion, city life, events, and more. I have so many interests, and Time Out satisfied all of them!
My favorite event was probably Rye House Celebrates Fat Tuesday. It was such a success! We had a packed house, there was an awesome rag time band, The Red Hook Ramblers, and I even got to help bartend! You can see me in the video serving, and I also designed the drink menu that's held up.
Outcome of this internship? The possibility of a job at Time Out! I applied for their Social Media and Marketing Role and made it to the second round of interviews. Wish me luck! Even if I don't get it, I can't say enough about Time Out and I am super grateful for everything the internship has given me.
FYI: Anyone interested in getting help with preparing for internships? Creating an effective online presence? All that jazz?! Learn more about PromoteYou and hit me up!
Sunday, May 23, 2010
The Postgraduate Entry.
How can I sum up my college experience? Exploring, risks, prioritizing, and passion. I truly had a fulfilling college experience, and I don't regret anything. I got involved in so many things and all of them taught me something valuable.
Exploring. I tried a ridiculous amount of activities while at Hofstra. Ultimate, American Marketing Association (HAMA), Spectrum/Masquerade, The Vagina Monologues, Hofstra Concerts, HAGA, Nonsense...I worked for Public Safety, Admissions, Publications, The Playhouse, and the Graphics Lab. Some of these I did for a hot minute, some I never quit, and each helped me get where I am today...for example, HAMA helped me figure out that I didn't want to be a Marketing major and HAGA gave me an outlet to explore event planning. I learned how to work with finicky people, and I was lucky enough to work in some amazing and talented teams.
The Hofstra Association of Graphic Arts (club I co-founded) at Relay for Life
Risks. I came into Hofstra planning on being a Marketing major. Why? I guess I had it in the back of my mind that I needed to do business to make money and be successful. Thankfully, through a combination of chance and surrounding myself with extremely supportive faculty, family, admins and friends, I realized business was not my place at Hofstra. I can remember the moment when I left an appointment with my Career Counselor knowing the next day I'd be changing my major to Fine Arts, I'm pretty sure I was skipping. It was a huge risk for me. I'd never taken graphic design courses before and I have family in the arts and know how hard it is...but the weight lifted off my shoulders from knowing I'd be doing something I truly enjoyed and was passionate about confirmed my decision!
Hofstra Commencement program, recognized for earning high honors in my department!
Prioritizing. It took me some time to become really great at prioritizing. And I'm referring to everything from running a club meeting or napping, working on projects or playing at frisbee tournaments, and going to class or hanging out with co-workers at my internship at Time Out New York Magazine. I've always sought advice in making decisions, but I've come to learn that only I know what is most important to meeting my goals and enjoying myself, and not to let peer pressure get to me (although sometimes peer pressure can be good!). I think that's an extremely important skill to have throughout college.
With members of my team, Hofstra Women's Ultimate Frisbee, M45
Passion. Junior year second semester is when everything really started to click. I had found my place in the Fine Arts department and began to focus on the clubs and activities that I was really passionate about. I helped to raise almost $9,000 for the Nassau Coalition Against Domestic Violence through the Vagina Monologues and The Sex Toy Raffle, create a club, The Hofsta Association of Graphic Arts and a networking event for Fine Arts students, and plan the first Women's Ultimate tournament at Hofstra. All of these accomplishments made me extremely proud, and for the rest of my college career I poured myself into making these projects bigger and better at Hofstra. I can confidently say that these clubs and events are now and will continue to be staples of the Hofstra community.
In front of my home at Hofstra, Calkins Hall, aka the Fine Arts Department
A very short list of some really fun things that I never expected I'd do in college but happened and were awesome:
I was voted Homecoming Queen, got the part in a play as a little girl who thought she was Jesus, participated in Improv Everywhere's No Pants Subway Ride, traveled to Barcelona and London, and performed as N'Sync at Hofstra's Annual Drag show.
Partial list of more official and academic-oriented accomplishments: Dean's list every semester, except this last one, when I made Provost's list, Junior Women and Orientation Leader of the Year, graduated Cum Laude, Hofstra Women's Ultimate received Most Improved and Best Sport Club of the Year, Fine Arts Department Certificate in Achievement in Leadership, Special Contributions to the Department, New Media, and completed my Fine Arts Honors Thesis Project, inducted into Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Beta Kappa Honors Societies, Who's Who in American Universities and Bovenaan Awards, and awarded "Most Likely to write 20 exclamtion points in 10 text messages in 2 hours" by The Hofstra Association of Graphic Arts.
College was an amazing four years. Thanks to everyone who has been a friend and lent a hand, I could never name you all because there are so many, and I never could have done what I did without you all. I can only hope...well, I know the next few years will be just as exciting, and I can't wait!
Exploring. I tried a ridiculous amount of activities while at Hofstra. Ultimate, American Marketing Association (HAMA), Spectrum/Masquerade, The Vagina Monologues, Hofstra Concerts, HAGA, Nonsense...I worked for Public Safety, Admissions, Publications, The Playhouse, and the Graphics Lab. Some of these I did for a hot minute, some I never quit, and each helped me get where I am today...for example, HAMA helped me figure out that I didn't want to be a Marketing major and HAGA gave me an outlet to explore event planning. I learned how to work with finicky people, and I was lucky enough to work in some amazing and talented teams.
The Hofstra Association of Graphic Arts (club I co-founded) at Relay for Life Risks. I came into Hofstra planning on being a Marketing major. Why? I guess I had it in the back of my mind that I needed to do business to make money and be successful. Thankfully, through a combination of chance and surrounding myself with extremely supportive faculty, family, admins and friends, I realized business was not my place at Hofstra. I can remember the moment when I left an appointment with my Career Counselor knowing the next day I'd be changing my major to Fine Arts, I'm pretty sure I was skipping. It was a huge risk for me. I'd never taken graphic design courses before and I have family in the arts and know how hard it is...but the weight lifted off my shoulders from knowing I'd be doing something I truly enjoyed and was passionate about confirmed my decision!
Hofstra Commencement program, recognized for earning high honors in my department!Prioritizing. It took me some time to become really great at prioritizing. And I'm referring to everything from running a club meeting or napping, working on projects or playing at frisbee tournaments, and going to class or hanging out with co-workers at my internship at Time Out New York Magazine. I've always sought advice in making decisions, but I've come to learn that only I know what is most important to meeting my goals and enjoying myself, and not to let peer pressure get to me (although sometimes peer pressure can be good!). I think that's an extremely important skill to have throughout college.
With members of my team, Hofstra Women's Ultimate Frisbee, M45Passion. Junior year second semester is when everything really started to click. I had found my place in the Fine Arts department and began to focus on the clubs and activities that I was really passionate about. I helped to raise almost $9,000 for the Nassau Coalition Against Domestic Violence through the Vagina Monologues and The Sex Toy Raffle, create a club, The Hofsta Association of Graphic Arts and a networking event for Fine Arts students, and plan the first Women's Ultimate tournament at Hofstra. All of these accomplishments made me extremely proud, and for the rest of my college career I poured myself into making these projects bigger and better at Hofstra. I can confidently say that these clubs and events are now and will continue to be staples of the Hofstra community.
In front of my home at Hofstra, Calkins Hall, aka the Fine Arts DepartmentA very short list of some really fun things that I never expected I'd do in college but happened and were awesome:
I was voted Homecoming Queen, got the part in a play as a little girl who thought she was Jesus, participated in Improv Everywhere's No Pants Subway Ride, traveled to Barcelona and London, and performed as N'Sync at Hofstra's Annual Drag show.
Partial list of more official and academic-oriented accomplishments: Dean's list every semester, except this last one, when I made Provost's list, Junior Women and Orientation Leader of the Year, graduated Cum Laude, Hofstra Women's Ultimate received Most Improved and Best Sport Club of the Year, Fine Arts Department Certificate in Achievement in Leadership, Special Contributions to the Department, New Media, and completed my Fine Arts Honors Thesis Project, inducted into Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Beta Kappa Honors Societies, Who's Who in American Universities and Bovenaan Awards, and awarded "Most Likely to write 20 exclamtion points in 10 text messages in 2 hours" by The Hofstra Association of Graphic Arts.
College was an amazing four years. Thanks to everyone who has been a friend and lent a hand, I could never name you all because there are so many, and I never could have done what I did without you all. I can only hope...well, I know the next few years will be just as exciting, and I can't wait!
Moving on...choosing the right neighborhood!
These past few weeks have been a complete whirlwind of events, projects, and people! Full summary updates coming soon, but I wanted to share this great resource found via NY Magazine.
As a recent graduate, for months now I've been struggling with the thought of deciding where to move once I have a job (I was no so adventurous that I went out and found an apartment while still in job search mode). NY Magazine had a great issue about a month back, "The Best Place to Live in NY is..."
It was a really informative issue with a lot of information, but the best part was a supplementary feature on their website, "The Livability Calculator."
As you adjust your priorities (nightlife, cost, safety, etc) when it comes to housing, the list of neighborhoods adjusts with it. This is a great tool, especially for those of us who are visually oriented! I'm still on the job search, but I'm going to keep on researching. This did bring up a new neighborhood that seems great that I hadn't considered, Sunnyside Queens. Any thoughts on neighborhoods lived in or living in?!
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As a recent graduate, for months now I've been struggling with the thought of deciding where to move once I have a job (I was no so adventurous that I went out and found an apartment while still in job search mode). NY Magazine had a great issue about a month back, "The Best Place to Live in NY is..."
It was a really informative issue with a lot of information, but the best part was a supplementary feature on their website, "The Livability Calculator."
As you adjust your priorities (nightlife, cost, safety, etc) when it comes to housing, the list of neighborhoods adjusts with it. This is a great tool, especially for those of us who are visually oriented! I'm still on the job search, but I'm going to keep on researching. This did bring up a new neighborhood that seems great that I hadn't considered, Sunnyside Queens. Any thoughts on neighborhoods lived in or living in?!
View Larger Map
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Paid or Unpaid, that is the question.
Graduation is less than a month away, and there a million and one decisions that have to be made in a short period of time!
One thing I believe is on the mind of a lot of students graduating: Is taking another unpaid (or barely paid) internship after graduation the right decision?
This is an increasingly pertinent question, with many articles popping up, like the NYTimes Article: The Unpaid Intern, Legal or Not?
What makes more sense? Taking a full time salary job that's so so, or taking an unpaid internship in the industry you want to be in, doing what you want to do?
What's more important? ...money? experience? networking? benefits? Are times so desperate that we should give in and have the "take what you can get" attitude?
I feel like that is the attitude many older adults are pushing on us...but I guess I'm like a hopeless romantic when it comes to my career, and I have faith that someday a perfect job will come and sweep me off my feet, and carry me off into the horizon with benefits and a 401K in tow!
(cartoon care of toothpaste for dinner!)
One thing I believe is on the mind of a lot of students graduating: Is taking another unpaid (or barely paid) internship after graduation the right decision?
This is an increasingly pertinent question, with many articles popping up, like the NYTimes Article: The Unpaid Intern, Legal or Not?
What makes more sense? Taking a full time salary job that's so so, or taking an unpaid internship in the industry you want to be in, doing what you want to do?
What's more important? ...money? experience? networking? benefits? Are times so desperate that we should give in and have the "take what you can get" attitude?
I feel like that is the attitude many older adults are pushing on us...but I guess I'm like a hopeless romantic when it comes to my career, and I have faith that someday a perfect job will come and sweep me off my feet, and carry me off into the horizon with benefits and a 401K in tow!
(cartoon care of toothpaste for dinner!)
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